Acquisition Costs
We monitor inventory levels to your desired and comfort level.
We do not have a "one size fits all" approach. We tailor
plans to your company's needs.
Receiving, Inspection, Put Away
We take inventory from dock to stock. With our customer's
approval, we manage receiving inspection, and quality control
as well as putting the inventory in the proper location
within your facility from a central stores area to multiple
staging locations or directly to the line.
ZERO Carrying Cost
CIP inventory remains our property until removed from the
in-house inventory location and entered into production.
This eliminates your inventory carrying costs and quarterly
taxes, freeing up additional dollars for you. According to
the National Association of Purchasing Managers, this can
vary from twenty-one to twenty-nine percent of the total
inventory value!
Planned Inventory
CIP looks at the annual usage of production parts and
allocates releases based on customer production
requirements. Inventory levels at customer facilities are
small, saving on space.
Reduced Acquisition Costs
CIP reduces the "hidden costs" of inventory management.
Valuable time lost in managing inventory, issuing purchase
orders or general upkeep can now be focused on value added work.
Custom Built Program
We customize CIP programs to match your needs. Items such as
box quantity and part reorder point are determined at the
beginning of the program, and offer flexibility based on
your changing requirements.
Areas of Concentration
- Part standardization
- Part reduction
- Prototype engineering support and sample submission
- Single sourcing for class "C" components
- Cost reduction strategies
- Key personnel onsite
- Streamlining installations
Size Standards
Standard box quantities can help your company better maintain
inventory in production and maintenance departments.
Custom Solutions
Custom packaging can help when special sizing is necessary
for your company.
Bagged Packaging
Bagged production items can also help decrease time on your
lines to increase productivity and reduce valuable downtime.
Full Service Labeling
From standard shipping labels to custom branded labels,
Great Lakes Fasteners has everything you need!
Documented Cost Savings
We provide a documented cost savings report that captures
all savings, both hard and soft, for a quarter. Each
quarter we will mutually identify goals and objectives for
areas of savings and validate them with our customers.
Customer Satisfaction
Our entire range of services gives our customers the highest
level of satisfaction in our industry, including documented
savings, personalized inventory management programs,
application engineering capabilities, custom packaging/kitting
services and global sourcing. We provide our customers with
the advantages of concentrating on its core competencies and
remove the burden of worrying about class "C" components.
Contact our sales department for all the shipping alternatives available to your company!
- Dock to stock
- JIT
- VMI / Onsite
- Kanban
- Multi-location support
- Part review and consolidation
- PPAP Level III












